Demon Court, Thirty-three Heavens, Lingxiao Treasure Hall.
"Screech!"
A Golden Crow Dharma Image suddenly appeared behind Demon Emperor Dijun, accompanied by a Golden Crow's cry.
"Brother, it seems Lady Nuwa has successfully persuaded Xihe!" Looking toward the Lunar Star, where a Divine Phoenix Dharma Image answered the cry, Eastern Emperor Taiyi could not help growing excited.
"Lady Nuwa is a Sage, after all. And this is a marriage ordained by Heaven—how could Xihe be allowed to waver?" Demon Emperor Dijun gazed solemnly toward the Lunar Star, his expression dark.
He had always regarded Xihe as his personal possession. He had never expected her to refuse his proposal, much less appear so intimate with Huang Tian. The flames of jealousy burned fiercely within Dijun.
"Brother is right. That bitch Xihe dared betray the Demon Race—sooner or later, we'll make her regret it!" Eastern Emperor Taiyi snorted coldly, fury in his voice.
"Brother, watch your words!"
"No matter what, Xihe is the future Heavenly Empress of the Demon Race, the key to our Demon Race standing against the Witch Clan!" Dijun rebuked Taiyi, his gaze blazing like torches.
"Yes, Brother!" Eastern Emperor Taiyi did not dare hesitate as he accepted the order, but the contempt in his heart for Xihe only deepened.
"A mere Human Race member. How laughable, how laughable!"
"Huang Tian, now that Nuwa, the Holy Mother of the Human Race, has intervened, what can you possibly do?"
Lunar Star.
"Impossible!"
"Absolutely impossible!"
"I don't believe this is my fate! I will not accept it—never!!" Xihe cried out again and again, unable to believe reality.
"Little Sister Xihe, Heaven's will cannot be defied!" Nuwa sighed and spoke helplessly to Xihe. "Even as a Sage, I cannot go against the greater tide. This is the fate decided for each of